Keywords: African Americans, Blacks
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Site Pages
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"Lee, Maureen Elgersman, Blck Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950, 2005, University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H."
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations
"It’s a time when blacks and whites weren’t supposed to be living together in the same household. The races, even in the north that was supposedly so…"
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"… Listen to Chapter Two The Press, Myths, and Black Peoples in Maine Listen to Chapter Three The Islanders Listen to Chapter Four…"
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project
"… an article about an upcoming NAACP event for Black History Month on Malaga. The article detailed Malaga’s history, including the myths Matt…"
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"A fifty-year old community of black and multi-race families was destroyed. Six months later, the State sold Malaga to the highest bidder for sixteen…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… to this day by having his name listed on the African-American Civil War Monument in Washington, D.C."
